Abbreviation | SDI |
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Formation | 1990 |
Founder | Shakir Ali Noori |
Founded at | Mumbai |
Type | Religious organisation |
Legal status | active |
Headquarters | 132 Kambekar Street, Fine Mansion, 1st Floor, Mumbai 400003, Maharashtra |
Origins | India |
Region | Worldwide |
Ameer | Shakir Ali Noori |
Affiliations | Sunni Islam |
Website | sunnidawateislami |
Sunni Dawate Islami is an Indian Non-governmental and socio-religious organisation which works for sunni muslims of India [1] founded by Muhammad Shakir Ali Noori in 1990. [2] [3] [4] It is headquartered at Mumbai, Maharashtra and other offices abroad. [5] They organise International Sunni Ijtema at Azad Maidan, Mumbai [6] [7] [8] for 2 days. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] It completed its 20th Annual Conference in 2010 [14] and 30th Annual Conference in 2022. [15] [16] [17] [18] It takes out a great procession of Juloos-e-Muhammadi on the occasion of Eid-ul-Milad-un-Nabi every year. [19] [20] [21]
International Sunni Ijtema It holds an annual conference Ijtema in Mumbai, which is said to be attended by between 150,000 [22] and 300,000 people; [23] the first day (Friday) is reserved for women. [2] [24] Followers of Sunni Dawate Islami wear white turbans. [2]
In 2008, SDI had a European headquarters at Noor Hall in Preston, England, and centres in some other English towns, including: Blackburn, Bolton, Leicester and Manchester. [2] SDI also had a North American headquarters in Chicago. [2] By 2008, SDI had founded 12 madrasas in India. [2]
In 2020, SDI says that in India it manages 50 madrasas and 15 schools that teach in English. SDI says it has an educational centre in Bolton (England), [25] and an educational centre in Mauritius. [25]
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